Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie discuss Barbie's surprising feminism | 7.30
It's one of the world's most recognisable toys and one of the more polarising by today's standards. Barbie is now the subject of a new movie produced and starring Margot Robbie and directed by Greta Gerwig with Ryan Gosling as Ken.
It's part homage, part comedy but with a strong feminist twist. 7.30’s Sarah Ferguson speaks Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie.
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im so glad the interviewer recognized how awkward it was for them to be talking about greta as if she wasn’t sitting right next to them lol
bechdel test ... passed!?
And that the two ultimately enjoyed an insightful and informative exchange following. I wasn't sure how it was going to go either, but the three ended up communicating with different hats than I'd expected and I was enthralled in what they think and had to say.
I love that Margo is talking like a producer, strategily, clear, goal oriented and Greta is talking like a director, guide by instinct and creative. It allows you to see how big projects are always team work. It also shows what happens when you turn jealousy or envy into admiration. Both women are great but in their own unique way.
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i adore this comment
Margot is Cancerian, who can make for brilliant, empathetic leaders with high Emotional Intelligence.
Sorority is the best!
No, they are actually very dumb about reality.
Approx. min 2:21. "Smart without making you feel stupid, funny without making you feel boring." Those are beautiful words to say about another person. Margot, you're so kind and graceful.
As the only boy in a family of three sisters, I remember well them playing Barbie. Their monologues, whether playing by themselves or with friends were always joyful. They would play with them for hours on end. I married a gal who Barbie also played a huge part in her life. The youngest of four, two of them boys who were sport stars, Barbie payed attention to her when no one else would while her brothers dominated the family dynamics. At sixty four years old now, my wife is very stylish and would be quick to credit Barbie for that. We have a fourtie year old daughter who also loved Barbie. She though, was more into weird Barbie, she's an artist and Barbie was an early canvas. There was a lot of clothing and physical modifications to Barbie from her. I'm sixty nine years old and Barbie has always been in my life through the woman in my life. I can't wait to see this movie. Thank you Margot and the brilliant Greta Gerwig.
I hope you have great fun watching the movie ,Sir.
This is so cute!
into weird barbie. Lmaoo. I adored barbie with all my heart (im a girl)
How nice to read your comment. ❤
This made me cry a little 😢. Thank you for sharing this ❤
This was so interesting to watch I never knew that Margot was the one that pitched it and was so hands-on in the process of developing the film from pre to post and also the fact that they had to “defend” it to mattel
Margot is the producer
@@forevertruth1206 She hired herself.
@@sienkiewiczmonika1161she didn’t. She came to greta with the idea and said i don’t care if i play Barbie, i just want this done right. And greta made the decision to cast her. Check yourself!
It always floors me when people seem to think that Barbie isn't inherently feminist. In 1959, Mattel created "Barbie, Teen-Age Fashion Model". From the very beginning, she was a young woman who had a *job.* And she had several more jobs before she ever got a boyfriend. Feminism and femininity aren't mutually exclusive. You can be feminist in high heels and Birkenstocks. I'm a lifelong Barbie fan and collector, and to me Barbie's most salient feature was always her kindness. In Barbie's world, you are accepted and embraced, and it was always clear to me that she loved her female friends more than her boyfriend, considering how much she hung out with them as opposed to just being with Ken. In 1968, when "Barbie talk" was going all around, it was her friends Christie and Stacey that Barbie talked to, Ken wasn't even in the picture at all until 1969, when P.J. and Julia also joined in the talking fun. Malibu Barbie certainly invited Ken to the beach in 1971, but it wasn't a romantic outing. Her little sister Skipper was there, as was her cousin Francie and her two besties, Christie and P.J. When Barbie became a SuperStar in 1977, Christie was right there with her, but Ken didn't join their group until the following year. Very seldom was it just Barbie and Ken as a duo. In 1983, when Barbie and Ken went on their Dream Date, P.J. still managed to tag along. So yeah, it's easy to see that Ken might feel marginalized, but it's always seemed quite clear to me that Barbie's world has always had a message of women supporting women.
Wow… you just took me down memory lane. I grew up with Barbie in the 60s & 70s. I had Skipper, Barbie’s friends, the townhouse, the pool, the sports car, the camping set and probably more. Can’t remember if I ever had a Ken doll🤔. Thank you!
I think that talk was mostly about Barbie's proportions and that she was feminine. But you can be feminine and a feminist. I think that the proportions of the doll was more the parents concerned that the kids paying attention to it. I'm sure there were some who did want to look like Barbie, but not as widespread as it was made to believe. Weight and body image issues wasn't just caused by Barbies, it was a whole culture.
I know someone who has an old barbie
Wasn't the barbie figure a copy of a Gernam sex doll? Its almost an identical copy.
@@gethelp6271 "sex doll" is not an accurate description of the Bild-Zeitung "Lilli" doll that Barbie was copied from. Lilli was a character doll, based on a cheeky, provocative character in a comic strip in the Bild-Zeitung newspaper in the 1950s. Today she would be more along the lines of a Funkopop or something, Lilli wasn't intended to be a plaything, but a 'gag gift' or a novelty gift, which would have a primarily adult male audience. The comic strip character was risqué by the standards of the day, kind of a 'gold-digger' archetype, but the doll was pretty tame all things considered. There wasn't any detailing of the naughty bits or anything like that, Lilli was much like a Barbie doll in appearance, even if the construction of the doll differed significantly. Barbie essentially took this overtly sexualized male-gaze archetype and turned it into an innocent teenage fashion model character, but the first iteration of the doll especially looked quite similar to the sultry vixen that was the original Bild Lilli doll.
The two of them are so great together. Also, Margot Robbie as a producer is killing it. I, Tonya, Promising Young Woman, Barbie... Now, that's a woman who cares for art.
Do you know how the movie starts? 6-7 year old kids, bashing and slapping dolls, calling them "babies" and saying "now we don't have to be Mothers!!!"
Haven’t seen Promising Young Women. Thanks, ima have to check it out.
@@gamingtonight1526cool, on a metaphorical level can relate.
@@gamingtonight1526 You need to get a grip
It’s a misandrist movie
This interviewer is so good at not making this just like any other “two women together interview” thing that we see 99% of the time. Also them together makes it just a great interview. Smart, direct, easily explaining what they are conveying. Greta saying how Margot just went in and asked what she wanted. I think I’m half projecting because I want / need to be like that. But I think also we don’t see this kind of interview with a woman or multiple women. I cannot wait to see this and already want them to direct/ produce another project together again. They flow off of each other so well. I love this!!
Finally an interview not asking Margot her favorite song or something. So good to see them get to talk about the film in a serious way.
One of the *best* interviews i've seen about this movie, genuinely interesting and asking thought provoking questions, rather than the same click bait questions they've been asked at every junket. What a great interviewer!
Agreed! The world needs more interviewers like her.
Orwell would be proud
I had the exact same thought
This is Sarah Ferguson, she's a prominent Australian Journalist who has release 3 critically acclaimed docuseries, headed Australia's leading current affair for 3 years, has grilled Prime Ministers of Australia and other countries as well as other prominent politicians in Australia on hundreds of Occasions, and is leading the top current affair program on Australia's public broadcaster. She is really one of the most impressive journalists in the whole world.
That's really great to hear about her reputation - will look out for other interviews with her
One of the best interviews about this film! All the rest focus on the feet shot. This really dug into the genesis of the film and the ideas behind the creation. Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig are a power duo. I hope they create more together!
They create the worst misandrist movie
The movie is misandrist.
Kkkkkk😂
@@CristanioPeweyyy nope the movie hates only on men who disrespect women, not all men 👍
@@mangoshakeyumm Not true. They do not respect men. They respect simps. They hate men. When women disrespect men its okay. That is your logic.
I love it when Margo says Barbie❤️ Báhbie
The "You're good enough" movement has a beautiful intention, I believe. But it's also becoming an extremely easy escape for people who actually need to reflect on the distorted beliefs and sabotaging behaviors they need to acknowledge. We are all without question good enough to be heard, listened to, have a safe place to not fear discussions that may feel vulnerable. But being good enough does not mean that we are entitled for our opinions to be automatically accepted, for our disrespectful words to be tolerated, for equal access to lifestyle privileges that in reality mostly people who have to work really hard for can experience.
The human ego is core problem and the fact some people glorify it instead of work to transcend it is what is problematic.....
I think that being good enough does not mean that all sorts of behaviour should be accepted. It means that first of all one should accept the true, deep self. So some kind of ego free love for oneself without identifying with form or things. Once you accept and love yourself you are more resilient against negatives from the outside world and stop judging them . Just like Ken had accepted his true self and stopped the crazy behaviour. That gives you the power to remove yourself from unpleasant situations or to express the way you want to be treated (and the way you do not want it) without making things worse or dramatic.
You’re good enough is in reference to imposter syndrome. Not a free pass to act abusive and/or be intolerant
@@steve19811 I think the ego might be a perception tool, an avatar for our spiritual consciousness to be able to interact and perceive other things and beings as separate things. Our spirits live an Earthly life to grow in some ways that are not possible in the more fluid, interconnected spiritual realms.
i don’t see barbie as a ‘hating men’ movie. ken’s version of dominance was making the barbie submissive housewives, meanwhile barbie’s version of dominance is not even repressing the kens. and in the end, kens get as much power as women in the real world, which is very telling of our society.
Exactly. And this ladies and gentlemen, is actual feminism.
***SPOILER ALERT*** I felt like the scene where the two Kens are denied court seats by Issa Rae's character and instead given lower seats is much more related to the real world but the reverse. Women are denied positions of power and influence. It reminded me of the end of 9 to 5. I didn't see it as a man hating movie either. Quite the opposite actually. I thought it artfully showed how patriarchy hurts men as well.
Of course it is, it is a film that gives men and patriarchy as a villain, in order to "empower" the girls when they defeat them. Good message, but very dangerous in the long run.
It does lol thats why I'm happy with trans winning over women in sports deserved
@@sarov7658 ouch
I wish they conducted interviews with world leaders and politicians in this manner.
If I hadn’t seen or known anything at all about this movie while watching this, I would immediately go and see it. They are so great together. I already need another Margot/ Greta produced/ directed/ written project and I haven’t seen this one yet. I HAVE SO MANY THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS ABOUT either THIS INTERVIEW or MARGOT/ GRETA TOGETHER SPEAKING THE WAY THEY ARE. (Not being cut off or asked surface level no thought questions) IDK THERE IS SO MUCH. I CANNOT TELL NOW. BUT I LOVE THIS.
The way ABC conducted this interview felt more like grilling a job interview.
I really liked it. It wasn't combative, the interviewer just seemed really curious and active listening to what they were saying.
@@pcapussoAgreed. She gave them the floor and let them speak for themselves rather than directing the interview.
Yeah the interviewer lacked warmth and spoke over the interviewees at times as well. But I guess this kinda thing happens when it’s a supposed ‘serious’ interview on a news network 😏
It seems like they’re saying a lot of nothing. The only time they say anything is when she admits it’s mostly a feminist film. The rest of it is like dancing around land mines.
So we're not only pretending feminists haven't hated Barbie for decades, but a two hour toy commercial is actually very intellectual and Barbie is better than feminism? This just reinforces my theory that this movie is a parody made by Republicans.
Ya it’s strange.
@@Karma-fp7hointernalized misogyny u got going on
I’m a feminists and I love Barbie
The best interview I've seen of these two so far on the promotional circuit for this movie. Thank you for asking interesting questions that went beyond "tell us about that foot shot" in the trailer, or the clothes. From what I've heard around town (Los Angeles), this movie is much deeper than we're expecting. I would have happily watched another half hour of these two talking about this film with this journalist.
Feminist clap trap , Barbie does not like men 😂
Movie barbie sucked hard I wanted to walk out but popcorn
1. Margot Robbie has been paid $12.5 million for her lead part in Gerwig’s movie. 2. The workers on the Barbie doll assembly line are paid $2 an hour. 3. Therefore, to earn Margot’s money, each worker would have to work 6,250,000 hours. 4. Given their 12-hour shifts six days a week, this amounts to 1,669 years of utterly tedious and repetitive labor.
Excellent points. This film is little more than an overrated, over-promoted, very expensive advertising campaign for Mattel's products. The sickening thing is that it's lauded as a feminist message. It's a narcissistic corporate promotion that further degrades people it is directed to - both men and women.
@@Ana-Karina virtually all movies are simply meant to be entertainment - "Barbie' is no exception. Anyone who objects to it's content is welcome to boycott it.
@@wylierichardson-tu6zs Why would anyone want to bring even more unmerited attention to the film by boycotting it?!
@@Ana-Karina Um, the only alternative to boycotting "Barbie" is to buy a ticket to see it.
@@wylierichardson-tu6zs When I initially considered the word boycott in your earlier reply, I thought you meant a loud kind of public protest. If you meant a quiet, personal refusal to watch the film, I see that now. As for the film simply being entertainment, we shall have to agree to disagree. Thanks for your messages :)
Thank you ABC for having Margo and Greta for such a conversation, the more I hear about the script entices me to actually see the movie.
We must have watched a different video then because Greta was stuttering and not making any sense in her responses. This film will tank,only blue haired,unshaved pit,467 pronoun using freaks will watch it hence 0.0000005% of the population.
I hear its man hating
@fyrewanderer2802 What they say and what the movie really is are two different things. I heard its super man hating and based on Margot Robbie banging on about patriachy thats what I'm now expecting. I have no clue what the other one was waffling on about, she seemed high.
@@poocrayon4588 Not really, if all the movie is showing Ken as a victim and an "accessory" to make a comparison about how some people see women. If you don't replicate those behaviors I don't see why it would affect you in the first place
@@poocrayon4588 "I hear its" and that is where you went wrong.
Wow I had no idea that Margot quarterbacked the whole movie, the production, the hiring of the writer(s), everything. It was in Limbo for 11 years before Margot took control and made it happen in 3.
Seeing people from all across the world recognise Sarah Ferguson is really heartening, Sarah is probably one of the best and most successful journalists in the world right now and is a national treasure for Australia.
This movie is not what they think it is...... Based
They both managed questions in a very intelligent way.
lol adorable. Its like watching Idiocracy come alive.
Margot Robbie believed that Greta was "one of the great directors of our generation" based on _two_ movies? What? Those two movies are 'Nights and Weekends', a micro budget mumblecore film that she only co-directed, and 'Lady Bird', a good but fairly simple coming-of-age movie. That's literally it. What a bizarre statement.
they were simply so genious getting this script passed i cant even deal
It feels almost all “feminist” movies now a days depict strong women as naturally great at traditionally masculine things and not having any flaws. Which isn’t relatable. Seeing a woman that can take down a huge man in one punch without any training may be empowering for some women to see, but I miss the strong feminine leads more women can relate to. The last great one I can think of was over 20 years ago and was Elle Woods. she’s smart and overcomes challenges while remaining feminine. Traditional femininity ended up giving her insight others didn’t have and ended up being a huge strength. I’m excited to see a female role like that again
I love that there’s space for all types female characters. Sometimes I want to channel woman king other times I wanna channel Elle Woods!
@@Sophia-tv7kg exactly! Growing up I loved Lara Croft and Elle Woods. Recently we’ve been getting way more Lara Croft / woman king characters though. I think people are craving some Elle Woods energy
YEP
Except this still going to be cringe feminist. Watch.
@@Sophia-tv7kg Woman king wasn't even historically accurate lol.
What a great interview!
It must feel great having someone talk about you the way Margot talks about Greta.
I love how this comment section isn't comparing them. I think Margot and Greta are both warm, talented, likable, intelligent, and lovely in their own ways.
This is the most in-depth of the Barbie interviews I have seen. Really enjoyed it.
Great interview! Thank you.
Yes, this movie will tell girls they can do anything. Women as producers and directors, Presidents, Doctors, and all. I remember growing up in the 80’s that I liked DJing and back then only guys could be something as simple as DJ. Later on, Barbie had some dolls who were DJs and now there are lots of female DJs. Also, pilots! My cousin is a flight attendant and there are a few female pilots in her airline. Some men yell and request to leave the plane when they find out that the pilot is a woman.
Those men are smart and based for wanting to leave the plane.
Anything except fulfilling their biological destiny of having children.
Women can do everything! Except provide all the resources we use to live (Farming, Building, Drilling, Mining etc). Oh and inventions. They aren't into inventing things.
@@noogate2672 That ain't feminist, that's the patriarchy! Biology? How DARE you use that word around children.
@@noogate2672 I know. Modern women are a lose cause. Completely broken.
Feminists always talked about how bad barbie image was for women & now suddenly we hear them calling the barbie image for super feminist🤣🤣🤣
They will say whatever they need to say to sell millions and millions of barbies.
Such a good conversation and topics, props to the interviewer, maam u did a very good job♥️
I saw a good interview with Greta where she said "hm .. it doesn't feel good to be an accessory, does it?" That seems like it sums up the way in which the film discusses feminism. She's right-- it feels awful to be taught that you merely exist as a man's trophy/ arm candy/ decoration/ etc. And to be told that your worth is limited to/ defined by your physical appearance.
So how about the treatment of Ken in the movie? Let's not pretend feminism is about equality any more. It's a vicious power grab by women hostile to almost every aspect of masculinity. It is divisive, unfair and ugly.
Great interview. Can’t help but wonder what Margot Robbie’s hair care routine is though.
What a thoughtful interview, such great questions and follow-ups
I have not (obviously) seen this yet and just from this interview I need another Margot/ Greta film. They seem superb together.
Pixar have been beaten down heavily by dealing with the 'scary thing' so it's no wonder WB studios were being very very careful. The LEGO movie was also very self aware, but was really careful not to entertain the 'scary thing'
what scary thing?
@@alicia8577How is it possible that you need this explained to you?
Yeah, I got no idea what you’re on about
What scary thing??
I also don’t know. I don’t know because no one had told me. Can you?
Great interview!
The absolute number one reason why i am most excited to see this movie is because of these two women. They are each so impressively talented and mindblowingly intelligent and passionate about their craft that there's no way it will be anything less than spectacular. To be clear about just how important it is that this particular story be created from a female perspective, and how necessary it is for more female directors, screenwriters, and producers to be telling more and more and MORE stories in the entertainment media churned out by Hollywood, please consider this: When Little Women was released in 2019, it swept the awards circuit, winning numerous Golden Globes and other industry awards for direction, acting, screenplay, and costuming. Until the pinnacle of them all, the Academy Awards. It was nominated in almost all major categories - Saoirse Ronan for Best Actress, Florence Pugh for Best Supporting Actress, Greta Gerwig for Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Costume Design, and many many others. The one notable award for which it was NOT nominated was Best Director for Gerwig. This is important because she was among a significant number of female directors that year who put out critically acclaimed or commercially successful movies and not a single one of them was nominated for the Best Director Oscar. Films like Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Book Smart, Hustlers, among others were snubbed by the Academy. And to such an egregious extent that Natalie Portman wore a custom made gown with the last names of these female directors embroidered on the dress as an act of silent petition and expression of her dissatisfaction. Women are exquisitely capable of telling robust, intelligent, nuanced stories. We NEED women like these two who are willing to push forward and keep telling them for the sake of telling them.
💯💯💯💯🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆
If I hadn’t seen or known anything at all about this movie while watching this, I would immediately go and see it. They are so great together. I already need another Margot/ Greta produced/ directed/ written project and I haven’t seen this one yet.
Little Women sucked and this is a man hating movie
You make me not want to see the movie. I'm a guy, got my tickets, but im not going because it's made me women. Stop making everything about social 'issues'. I'm more going to see Ryan Gosling act his guts out as Ken, more than anything.
@@poocrayon4588 How have you seen it when it doesn't come out for another eight days?
I don't think I've ever been in a situation myself with someone saying how magnificent someone is with them sitting there right next to them - a bit odd, but Margot can pull off anything.
very cringe
Great interview
great interview
Gerwig was completely inarticulate in this interview. She literally just put random words one after another, none of it made any sense.
It's wonderful to see two powerful, creative women being real and sharing their process. I'm very appreciative of this film. It spoke to me on so many levels. It needed to be made. Thank you
Irony how they obsess with men
Powerful women who are obsessed with men lmao😂
@@kiwiwooqSays the girl who watched Barbie and then went home to her right hand
Margot Robbie launched her career being totally nude in The Wolf Of Wall Street but now she's a feminist role model.
She is whatever she is paid millions to be. What annoys me is the preaching to girls and women telling them "you are enough" after having cosmetic surgery, other procedures, becoming blonde and being on a perpetual diet. Yeah, okay, whatever you say Hollyweird.
It now seems so obvious that a Barbie film would make gigantic amounts of money. Margot Robbie has developed a killer instinct for what will pay off in this 21st century global gangster capitalism hellscape.
Funny that a "21st century global gangster capitalism hellscape" would so richly reward a piece of hard feminist propaganda. Maybe the world is a bit further left than you realised...
Margot Robbie killed it; she created this project and brought it to Mattel? Then produced it, and became actor lead? Just insane (in a good way)
Yes, she's amazing! And watching this ladies together I don't get why feminism is still a thing worth taking about...
This movie deserves a Grammy Oscar and golden globe
Where is Plumber Barbie or Bricklayer Barbie? How about Lumberjane Barbie? Ditchdigger Barbie. Manual labour barbie
actually, all of the construction (which falls under bricklayer and manual labor) in barbieland is done by women. they already covered your complaints.
Brilliant interview.
That was a positively rip-roaring conversation, thank you ladies 🚺 I believe that all three of you are- good enough (!) It never crossed my mind or heart that you weren't. I've never understood what all this business about self worth is all about. It has never been a thought for me or towards anyone else! Anyway, I love you both so much and can't wait to see 'Barbie' 💗 (and Ken)- no, Barbie and Ken- yes 💖 that sounds better. I grew up with all of the toys like everyone, and again, I have never even been aware of any problem with the Barbie doll until I heard, vaguely about it. I love the "lifting all boats 🚢" approach and idea 💡. Brilliant. Even opposing views- everything on the table. But especially celebrating everyone's uniqueness and beauty and worth in this world 🌎 💖 Bravo 👏 Barbie, well done.🙏 🎉😂 🕉
there was nothing "surprising" about the feminist propaganda of the film.
Just in case I decide to purchase and wear one or more outfits pictured in the Barbie Movie, I should make a point of watching+studying the movie and learning about the background in order to be prepared for peoples' reactions to my wearing them! 🙂 Unfortunately it's unlikely that anyone would think I am a doll though... 🙄🤪
Maybe that's because of the final cut or something, but to be honest, in the film itself, there was nothing about the type of feminism Margo and Greta mentioned in this interview. Instead, it was rather a celebration of violence for violence. All we see is just two groups of people fighting for power and using this power to abuse the ones who lost. Exactly the kind of thing you get in the Hunger Games and other revolt-themed art. Colour it pink, sprinkle it with a bit of comedy, and you can sell any propaganda item without people noticing what they're fed. In what kind of world are we living today?
Hi! See from my perspective you got the main plot of the movie but your forgetting the ending! Throughout the whole movie the Barbie’s thought so little of the kens with the kens always wanting Barbie’s attention but the Barbie’s basically being off in their own little world and ignoring them most of the time. We then see it switched with the kens and the Kendom(I think that’s what it was called in the movie) where they took over and made Barbieland all about them and kind of made the Barbie’s their servants. Near the end of the movie when the Barbie’s take Barbieland over again the kens ask to be part of the government and help the Barbie’s run Barbieland. The Barbie’s were like sure you can help we’ll give you a job but your not ready to be president yet or anything big because you just don’t have the experience. So in the end you can believe that Barbieland would be equally run by both men and woman which is what feminism is. Also the whole movie kinda shows what woman go through on a daily basis, like when Barbie and ken originally got to the real world barbie felt very self conscious and was getting cat called while ken was soaking up the attention and felt noticed for the first time. I believe that cis another contributor to what Greta and Margot are talking about with the film being very feminist as it does talk about the, I want to say rare but I don’t think that’s the right word,but the rare side of being a woman that isn’t seen very much in cinema like it was in the Barbie movie. I don’t know I thought his movie was very feminist. I have only seen it once though so I don’t remember everything about the movie as it is a lot to take in at once. Anyways, I don’t know if this changes your view on this or just maybe jogs your memory from something you forgot about this movie and I’m not trying to make that happen! I just thought that the movie was great and yes most of the movie is very “violence on violence” as you talked about but that was kinda the lead up to the feminism I guess. Idk anyways have a great day:)))
It's a victim lower consciousness mindset where everyone vies for power. It's a product of lack of responsibility in an individuals personal life. I get arrogant vibes from both of them... Pride is not a good emotional state....
@@isabellaconnelly1157 Its Barbie land - not a one of them would make good leaders.If they wanted the message to be what they claim then you end the movie with the kens and the barbies recognizing the equality and right to be involved in leading together.
This might be a bit into your face but you didnt get the message right. Watch it again
@@maryfiero8122 I believe art is open to interpretation. Different people can see different things, and it's OK. Still, I only got such an impression of the film because of what was and wasn't said there. For me, the message wasn't complete in some way. I would've liked to hear more about how both Kens and Barbies are important and that they respect each other, that's it. And the fact that this point wasn't that clear when in fact they could've given more attention to it makes me wonder if they really wanted to. I do realise I might be diving a bit too deep, though. Could you possibly share the way you see the message? I would really love to explore other perceptions. Perhaps it would help me to see the points I missed
''men bad, women good, huhuhu'' yeah, great message! NEVER heard that one before from femcels.
Barbie has always reflected the society she has been a part of. If she offends, then reflect on what society is demonstrating.
The movie has everything: a good story, a relevant discussion from a very interesting angle, humour, complexity, reality, fantasy, drama, amazing emotional scenes, family…it is a master piece❤
😂😂😂 nice one
Lolzz
And misandry! Don't forget the misguided, agenda-pushing misandrist lies!
Great Interview!
Greta just there absorbing the compliments. 😊
Nicely constructed interview, like normal journalism, instead of just fun junket, which allows them to talk seriously about their project. I think Margot learned a lot from birds of prey, which has a lot of good elements but ultimately didn’t work in action, she says that comedy is hard to land, and birds of prey had that issue, the actors did a good job but the directing and editing didn’t make the comedy flow well, Greta seems to have comedy in her dna, so I think it will work. Im glad Margot is learning from her experiences and not giving up on still do more than just act.
The interviewer was so great. I liked hearing about their discussions with Mattel and Warner Brothers.
Margo is talking with full sentences and Greta just blah, blah, blah... WTF?
The word Margot was searching for as a male version of misoginist is misandrist. I'm not surprised she didn't know the word, as it's seldom recogniized in today's Hollywood, although many movies made today feature it. I'm a fan of both ladies, Greta, as both a director and an actress, but in spite of the statement that feminism in this movie raises all boats, I think in the end Ken, and the other Kens and males in the film, wind up at the end understanding misandry a lot better than Margot. After all, it is Barbie's movie, not Ken's. The poster for the film even states that fact. He's just Ken.
because misandry doesn’t kill men like misogyny kills women
@@gm.8805 Check the suicide rates of men in America. It's not a contest, but misandry causes a lot of that. Both sides suffer.
@@cavebear33 if anything, the higher rate of male suicide would be caused by the patriarchy, not by misandry
@@lankywheat7840 Your statement itself might be considered by some as an example of misandry.
@@cavebear33 declining mental health is not because of misandry. infact, it’s men themselves that bully other guys for ‘speaking about their emotions’. how is it the women’s fault
My grandma told me that her grandmother felt babie was far to "Grown Up" of a doll for little girls . She felt barbies adult female form was not appropriate for little gilrs and when and my grate grandma never did buy my grandma one bc she knew if she did she would not hea r the end of it from her mother. They were both italain my GG grandma born in the 1880's and my G grandma born in 1918 and my grandma born 1947. Its worth nothing Women in my GG grandmothers generation did not like barbie because they worried of body image issues for girls but because they thought barbie was too sexual and was not appropriate for little girls to own.
Is Greta shy or just being overly careful about what she’s saying? This was painful to watch. I feel her tension. 😬
Wow. Never saw this before. I dont know. Its different. Wonderful interview. This girls are leaving a mark. Do they understand how meaningful it has become?
Very well made film. Loved everything about it, I get it might not be some people's cup of tea but I enjoyed it
Great interview. Anyone else catch ar the beginning they both were looking at the camera and then looked at the interviewer at the same time?
The bit where men are treated with love must be in the deleted scenes on the DVD.
This is probably just me but I feel very confused by Greta’s explanations 😵💫 like pls just give me the spaks notes I cannot follow all the fluffy words
Barbie may be a misandrist
She is from all the info that has came out today. It sounds like they also made Ken a Misogynist Stalker too.
through and through
Really nice convo
Hello! I have a great idea and project and what can I do to talk to Greta? Does she have a channel on youtube? Does somebody know what can I do to find her?
This is definitely one of the best interviews I’ve seen of both women & their creative work on this movie! Well done!!
Women empowerment does not mean trash men 🙄
but the whole movie did
American here - why can't our programs be sane and tempered and intelligent like this without ridiculously dumb interview questions? These are great questions.
An American interviewer would have asked, what was your workout routine to prepare for the role?
You are so right. @@Mrs.Currie
I think Margot Robbie should not talk about feminism until she addresses why she worked with David O’Russell just last year…
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Margot is a very articulated person. She is not only beautiful but smart as well ❤
I know this is a serious topic but can we just pause to admire the FLAWLESS HAIR & MAKEUP here?
This is world is completely absurd. We live in a weird world. Women are judged so harshly. And the same time Men are completely cast out. 😵
I enjoyed the film but I can’t say it is humanist. It feels like it was made by people who don’t like men. Their representation is terrible. They are useless. Good thing Ryan Gosling is talented. Otherwise this would have been an insult to virility.
This is the first press interview I’m watching about this movie - loving it! Looking forward to seeing the movie on Monday!
😂is my first too. I saw it was 20 minutes and said to myself “ no way I’m watching a 20 minutes interview “ and here I’m am at 19:47 😂
The opposite of misogyny is misandry. 15:50
i had already 3 msg´s from my daughters deleted from this channel...just because they didnt like it at all the movie and MSG ....ABC is censuring and thats sad
Watched the movie today with my girlfriend, these two are geniuses! Movie of the year so far.
Margot is Australian? Should we put a shrimp 🍤 on the Barbie?
Fancy making "a feminist film" based on Barbie. They really should have kept Ken out of it. I don't give a damn about a such incompetent speaker as Greta Gerwig, but it does disturb me that Margo Robbie - who expresses herself incomparably more competently, has rushed down a rabbit hole with no way out for her future status as a s-e-r-i-o-u-s actress-artist.
Margot Robbie's face in the thumbnail Lol😂
that's her without filters!! Well almost 😂😂
Margot is so articulate
Sounds like shes swallowed the feminist cool aid and is quite thick
13:32 this is called misandry, glad you admitted the movie is misandry.
Hahaha how funny are u mysogynist
GRETA IT IS SO BEYOND RIP ROARING. HELL YES.
Wow. This is Amazing
This is one of the most uncomfortable interviews I’ve ever seen. Why is Greta Gerwig so uncomfortable as if she’s hiding something, as if she is being disingenuous? Constantly stammering over her words, extremely careful in what she is saying as if to avoid the actual meaning of what she is saying and often using self repair. She is giving off the impression that she is not confident in what she is saying, indicating that it isn’t true what she is saying.
She wants to admit that the movie is a feminist diatribe, whereas business-head Margot knows that won't sell tickets.
As someone who did not like the newer Barbie adaptations, I trust that this movie is going to be amazing. The directors seem to know what they're talking about and I'm very excited to see it. Barbie was a huge part of my childhood and I'm glad that they're giving it a new charismatic image that people of all ages can enjoy.
I highly recommend it! Just saw it tonight at the theaters and it's really funny and meaningful but still light
Greta never played with Barbies as a kid I'm convinced after seeing the movie. Everything is a surface level wikipedia understanding of the dolls.
@@lukeshioshio Same...................it wasn't what I thought it would be after all- I loved the outfits and the sets though
@@LynnThreadzOfficial same!!! The costumes were amazing and Margot looked stunning
The film is an instant classic - cements Margot’s career - this is her legacy character!